Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Cost recovery

206: Regulations may prescribe methodology or framework for fee fixing

You could also call this:

"The government can create rules to help decide fees, and they must talk to people first."

The government can make rules about how territorial authorities decide on fees under section 205. You will follow these rules when a territorial authority is fixing fees. The Minister must talk to people and get their thoughts before recommending these rules, and this is done in accordance with section 379.

The Minister has to be happy that people have been properly consulted before they recommend making these rules. These rules are a type of law called secondary legislation, which has its own set of rules for how it is published, as explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

When the government makes these rules, they have to follow certain steps, and you can find out more about this in the Legislation Act 2019.

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205: Territorial authority to set fees, or

"Councils can charge fees for some food-related tasks and must follow rules when setting these fees."

207: Regulations may impose levies, or

"The government can create rules to charge fees for certain things, like food or businesses, and decide how they are collected and paid."

Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Cost recovery

206Regulations may prescribe methodology or framework for fee fixing

Regulations may be made under this section, on the recommendation of the Minister, that prescribe a methodology or framework to be applied by a territorial authority in fixing any fees under section 205.
Before recommending the making of regulations under this section, the Minister must be satisfied that there has been appropriate consultation on the regulations in accordance with section 379.
Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 206(3): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).